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Pamuk scoops IMPAC

Faber author Orhan Pamuk has won the 2003 international IMPAC Dublin literary award. The Turkish author took the €100,000 (£71,300) award for his novel My Name Is Red.



Encore for

Gavron

The £10,000 Encore Award for best second novel, run by the Society of Authors, has been given to Jeremy Gavron for The Book of Israel (Scribner).



Recipes for success

This year's Glenfiddich Food Book award has been won by David Thompson for Thai Food (Pavilion); the Drink Book went to John and Erica Platter for Africa Uncorked (Kyle Cathie).



New sharpened Arrow

Arrow introduces a new logo on its books and promotional material from the beginning of June. The logo is part of a drive to raise the trade profile of the Random House imprint. See page 31.



Waterstone's awards

Waterstone's gave awards at its annual managers' conference this week: Elyse Goldsworthy won branch manager of the year for Bluewater West, while Lynn Wilson of Manchester Airport won bookseller of the year. Branch of the year awards went to Bath, Telford and Hull University.



BookScan this week

Some of the figures on the mass market and non-fiction charts (pages 16 and 17) are incorrect. The Bookseller 40 (page 15) is accurate, as are the charts on theBookseller.com.

In addition, make sure to read these articles:

  • South leads in race for Nibbies
    • Bookshops in London and the south of England dominate the shortlists for next week's British Book Awards (Nibbies). Among the 12 contenders in the principal ......
  • The pleasure principle
    • The debate over HMV’s bid for Ottakar’s has made one thing very clear: books arouse deep passions. It’s an obvious point, but it can be ......
  • A wizard year for bookselling
    • It is not e-publishing, e-books (see below) or even Waterstone's (see opposite) for which 2000 will be remembered by future generations of the book trade, ......
  • Snow
    • An omniscient narrator, identified only on the penultimate page, tells the story of Kerim Alakusoglu, a 40-ish poet known as Ka who returns to Turkey ......
  • Authors against Wottakar’s merger
    • Several authors have spoken out against the proposed takeover of Ottakar’s by HMV, voicing concerns that a vibrant Ottakar’s would be engulfed by a "bland" ......
  • Sticking it to Turkish literature
    • The book industry in Turkey is being hit by draconian revisions to a 50-year-old law on artistic and intellectual works. The new rule makes it ......
  • Race bill fears for book sales
    • The freedom of the book trade is under threat from the government’s proposed racial and religious hatred bill, a former bookseller and publisher has warned ......
  • The origin of specious
    • Several years ago, commissioning for a leading London publisher, I discussed with a UK packager sample spreads for a book on human evolution. It was ......
  • the living voice
    • Each literary festival has its own character. Edinburgh is a secret world in the city’s heart. As you step into Charlotte Square, the buzz and ......
  • Threat to freedom
    • Our freedom of speech may be defined by law and the courts, but it is vulnerable long before a case gets anywhere near a lawyer....
  • Sales fear over standards
    • Book sales to libraries could be badly affected if the government's new library standards are not raised, the National Book Committee will warn the book ......
  • Publishers back Pamuk
    • Publishers and trade associations are up in arms over the "disregard" for freedom of speech in Turkey, where author Orhan Pamuk is currently being tried ......
  • My Name Is Red
    • Acclaimed Turkish writer Pamuk (The New Life, 1997, etc.) investigates two brutal murders—and offers a whimsical but provocative exploration of the nature of art in ......
  • Global Pulse: Los Del Rio Dances Back
    • Spain's dynamic duo Los Del Rio hope to repeat the worldwide success of their "Macarena" with a new dance single, "Baila Baila." The track comes ......
  • A wintry tale from Turkey
    • Orhan Pamuk Snow (Faber, 1st April, h/b, £16.99, 057121830X) ......
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